  Kitak | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | North Atlantic |
| Coordinates | 65°32′N38°46′W / 65.533°N 38.767°W Coordinates: 65°32′N38°46′W / 65.533°N 38.767°W |
| Archipelago | Kitak group |
| Major islands | Kitak, Orssuiagssuaq, Igssalik |
| Length | 10.2 km (6.34 mi) |
| Width | 4.3 km (2.67 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Administration | |
Greenland | |
| Municipality | Sermersooq |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Kitak is an island in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland.
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, such as the Philippines.
Sermersooq is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, and it is the most populous municipality in the country, with 21,868 inhabitants as of January 2013. The municipality consists of former municipalities of eastern and southwestern Greenland, each named after the largest settlement at the time of formation:
Greenland is an autonomous country of the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for more than a millennium. The majority of its residents are Inuit, whose ancestors began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century, gradually settling across the island.
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In 1961 the German weather ship WBS 11 Hessen was renamed 'Kitak'. [1]
Hessen was a Kriegsmarine weather ship that was built in 1939 as the sealer Sachsen. She was requisitioned in 1939 and served until 1945. Returned to her owners post-war, she regained her former name. In 1950, she was sold to Norway and renamed Arild. She later served under the names Foynøy, Munkøy and Kitak. She foundered in the Norwegian Sea on 7 May 1965.
